Uber admits to covering up cyberattack that affected 57 million users

Uber is coming clean about its cover-up of a year-old hacking attack that stole personal information about more than 57 million of the beleaguered ride-hailing service's customers and drivers.

In October 2016 Uber suffered a data breach that saw the names, email addresses and mobile phone numbers of some 57 million users and driver partners exposed.

There are serious legal ramifications for Uber's decision not to immediately disclose the data breach.

However, hackers were able to download driver's license numbers of around 600,000 drivers in the United States. He was not at the helm when it happened.

Uber is notifying drivers whose licence numbers were swiped, and offering them credit and identity theft protections. But viewing this data breach cover up as an incident that only Uber could commit misses the writing on the wall.

Co-founder and ousted chief Travis Kalanick was advised of the breach shortly after it was discovered, but it was not made public until new boss Khosrowshahi learned of the incident.

At the time of the data breach, Uber was negotiating with USA regulators investigating separate claims of privacy violations.

Khosrowshahi added: "None of this should have happened, and I will not make excuses for it".

Uber also fired two employees who were responsible for providing information to hackers. The New York attorney general has opened an investigation into the data breach, a spokeswoman said.

Khosrowshahi said Uber had begun notifying regulators.

The company's chief security officer Joe Sullivan has parted ways with the company following the announcement, the BBCreports. "Deliberately concealing breaches from regulators and citizens could attract higher fines for companies", said Dipple-Johnson. "Interestingly here it's the fact that Uber covered up the breach that seems to have got people's backs up, clearly showing how important honesty is when dealing with such incidents". The hack didn't penetrate Uber's corporate systems or infrastructure, he said.

Uber has always failed to protect driver and passenger data. While Khosrowshahi is promising change, Kalanick's place in a leadership role serves as a reminder they are keeping someone who signed off on controversial issues tied to the company.

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